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Elegant Guesthouse
Elegant Guesthouse
Elegant Guesthouse
Elegant Guesthouse

Reviews of Elegant Guesthouse

Wildlife sightings and reviews

132 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Elegant Guesthouse and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

Showing 71-80 of 132
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Mr & Mrs C
Hants

"Ideal first night stop at Elegant Guesthouse"

1 night Arrived 18 Nov 2012
"This was a perfect first night stop after arriving in Windhoek. It was very easy to find and secure parking was available. It is in a quiet area in Klein Windhoek and felt peaceful and perfectly safe and secure. The staff were welcoming and friendly and on arrival, were able to recommend and reserve Joe's Beerhouse for dinner as well as providing details of a taxi for the journey back, approx N$50. The Beerhouse is in walking distance in daylight but lack of pavements makes this unsafe for walking back in the dark. This is a good and atmospheric place to eat and to start your Namibian adventure.

Rooms were very clean and comfortable with air conditioning and a small individual patio. As the rooms are quite close together and are glass fronted, we were aware of people leaving early in the morning but this is the only slight criticism. Breakfast was good and an honesty bar operates in the evening if you want to sit and relax with a drink on the communal terrace or in your room." See all these reviews: 13n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs O
Lechdale

"Perfect Windhoek base"

1 night Arrived 6 Oct 2012
"Stayed here 3 times. Breakfasts were excellent, rooms good, showers excellent, staff friendly & helpful.

Arranged taxi & restaurant bookings for us v quickly & efficiently" See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr M
Massachusetts

"Elegant Guest House"

1 night Arrived 15 Sep 2012
"We did not care for this location. Even though the room was adequate, the many windows throughout the room made us feel as if we were on display from the front hallway to the pool area in the back. The staff was pleasant, but the guest house was not a positive way to end our experience in Namibia." See all these reviews: 9n in Namibia; 2n in Zimbabwe
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Location:
Average
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Poor
Prof & Mrs H
Bristol

"Elegant Guesthouse review"

1 night Arrived 4 Sep 2012
"Our short stay there very enjoyable.

Easy to get to from the airport. Our first contact with a receptionist was not as warm as we would have liked since we appeared to have been booked in twice and thus they were expecting four guests, not two!" See all these reviews: 17n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs S
Surrey

"Elegant Guesthouse review"

1 night Arrived 12 Aug 2012
"Clean and tidy, a good stop for one night." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Average
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Average
Mr J & Mrs C
W Sussex

"Elegant Guesthouse review"

1 night Arrived 23 Jul 2012
"Pleasant people and ideal for us for our first night after the flights.

About 30mins from the airport and close to a supermarket for stocking up with travel provisions." See all these reviews: 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr M x 4
UK

"Elegant Guesthouse review"

1 night Arrived 26 May 2012
"Hugely welcoming.

Very helpful with travel directions and helped contact the airport when our son's luggage went missing" See all these reviews: 14n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs O
California

"Elegant Guesthouse review"

1 night Arrived 19 May 2012
"Not a friendly place. Would not recommend.

[Ed: These travellers also stayed here on 8 May; see below for their review]" See all these reviews: 14n in Botswana; 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Poor

Location:
Average
Service:
Poor
Rooms:
Poor
Mr & Mrs W
IOM

"Elegant Guesthouse review"

1 night Arrived 11 May 2012
"Very nice property to relax in after a long flight.

Warm welcome, nice garden and taxi service available to local restaurants for evening meal" See all these reviews: 16n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Mr & Mrs O
California

"Elegant Guesthouse review"

1 night Arrived 8 May 2012
"First arrived we were exhausted, so all we wanted was a place to lie down and we left early the next morning. We had planned to walk into town for dinner but were told that the neighborhood is not safe.

Breakfast was OK. When we returned before going on to Botswana it was not a real pleasant experience. The room was very cold. The only heater/AC is mounted high on the wall where it blows straight down on the bed. In the evening there was the night watchmen, who I found to be rude. We left early the following morning.

There was no attempt to prepare some sort of cold breakfast or "box" for us or other guests who were leaving before they started cooking breakfast." See all these reviews: 14n in Botswana; 12n in Namibia
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Average

Location:
Poor
Service:
Poor
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Average
Facilities:
Poor
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